[It should not be surprising that the ancient, wise and erudite Qualmish addressed the nuance of the reflexive pronoun in the Book of Pronouns. The Book of Pronouns is the most obscure of the Books, and many Qualmish believe it exists simply to test them. By that they mean, if you believe the assertions in the Book of Pronouns you probably are not Qualmish enough.]
Pronouns 1: 1-10
And God said, “See That Guy over there? That Guy is Me. He is Me, and I am Him. He is 100% completely Me. He is so Me, that I could point at That Guy and say, ‘I am Myself’. But that would obscure the importance of the relationship as through a mirror, darkly. More informatively, I could point to That Guy and say, ‘I am Himself’ (or Hisself in certain dialects) thereby emphasizing the extraordinary Me-ness of the situation while maintaining the mysterious separation. Sometimes with great mystery, language and logic have to be tortured. This is that kind of mystery. Although He is 100% completely Me, he is also like you. He is 100% Me and 100% you. This mystery is so deep that our understanding of percentage needs to be tortured also. Let us refer to the 100% of him that is like you as ‘youGuy’. This should not have to be said, but just for clarification, I am God and you are not. You are not Me and youGuy is 100% like you. Although youGuy is not Me, I created youGuy which means I have dibs on him if I need him to do something like build a large boat or go wandering in the desert without supplies. Not that I would ask him to do that, that’s crazy talk. I am just making a divine Point about the extent to which youGuy is Mine. In summary with respect to That Guy, I am Himself, and I own the other 100% of him. Now if anyone questions this or asks you about these words, make clear that I wrote all of this Myself and it is not to be questioned. The beginning of wisdom is fear of Me, and I wrote this so… just nod your head or tremble or diagram a sentence.”
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